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a small group of people were demonstrating against the american embassy shouting to obama. and and that's what i have have. but nobody is calling for a day of rage or the victim being killed in this country. yesterday five yemenys were killed and people should asking who is morally responsible. the president said , i mean, i was appalled when i read the facebook of [inaudible] more than 24 hours after the storming of the american embassy in cairo. it's a short statement. it starts by denouncing the so called movie or video. and -- and it ends by saying i ask my embassy in washington to take legal action against the people who produced the movie. many the middle, i'm not exaggerating with, it's in english now. in passing he says as government we are responsible for the protection of public and private property. no mention of the american embassy storming. no expression of sorry or condemnation. it was not inseesive. it is appalling. this is a man who acts if it is still underground in the opposition and not the responsible leader of 75 million people dealing with the country
a small group of people were demonstrating against the american embassy shouting to obama. and and that's what i have have. but nobody is calling for a day of rage or the victim being killed in this country. yesterday five yemenys were killed and people should asking who is morally responsible. the president said , i mean, i was appalled when i read the facebook of [inaudible] more than 24 hours after the storming of the american embassy in cairo. it's a short statement. it starts by denouncing...
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i think no doubt the obama administration has done good work on counter terrorism. as soon as i left government, one of the things i argued you're going do to see fundamental continuity. in the counter terrorism policy. over 0 time had had evolved. it was because you had same kinds of threats that new president was going have to face the last president was going have to safe. it you had a lot of the same individuals running it as you did under the bush administration. there has been fundamental continue knewty. and for the obama administration they have been aggressive in going after al-qaeda. not just in pakistan and afghanistan but also in yemen and somali. you can have seen it globally. one thing, the bush administration did enormous things both institutionally and disrupting plots and making it safer. you can go back and look at the plots disrupted. the august 2006 arm plot which would have been disastrous al-qaeda plotting to bring down sten flights over the atlantic. it was brought down because the cooperation of the british service and the u.s. service. and t
i think no doubt the obama administration has done good work on counter terrorism. as soon as i left government, one of the things i argued you're going do to see fundamental continuity. in the counter terrorism policy. over 0 time had had evolved. it was because you had same kinds of threats that new president was going have to face the last president was going have to safe. it you had a lot of the same individuals running it as you did under the bush administration. there has been fundamental...
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obama, mr. romney, the first official act ought to be to call a white house conference on the eradication of poverty. bring these experts together and let us craft and create a plan to cut poverty in half for all americans and to eradicate poverty down the road. that's how you make poverty a priority, not the lip service, not referencing it here and there, but using the white house bully pulpit. lyndon johnson said it best, if the bully pulpit isn't given to you to do something with, then what the hell is it for? that's a quote from lyndon johnson. at some point we need a president, you know, that's going to make poverty a priority, and can nobody has done that since lyndon johnson even though we see the data every day about the trouble this democracy is in. >> host: finally, this tweet from john in north carolina referring back to your minimum wage proposal earlier. please raise the minimum wage to $10 or $22,000 a year. i have a couple of employees i need to unload anyway. talking as a small b
obama, mr. romney, the first official act ought to be to call a white house conference on the eradication of poverty. bring these experts together and let us craft and create a plan to cut poverty in half for all americans and to eradicate poverty down the road. that's how you make poverty a priority, not the lip service, not referencing it here and there, but using the white house bully pulpit. lyndon johnson said it best, if the bully pulpit isn't given to you to do something with, then what...
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michigan is decisively on the side of obama. if you look at the geographical pattern of the vote. 44% in the detroit metro area, president obama had it in 2008. there is not much going on there for mitt romney. there is a three-point increase on the minority voters, seven-point decline among white, noncollege voters, eligible voters. these are huge changes and they go exactly against what is in the interest of the romney team. the romney team in wisconsin. maybe if they thought they would be able to take advantage what they believed to be this conservative white working-class voters by electing nominating paul ryan. they are making some progress, according to the poll, but some progress among white college graduates, but it's not anywhere close to what needs to take place. florida is a state, let's face it, if the romney campaign loses florida, chances of winning the 2012 election are close to zero. if we look at the pattern of support among the white working class, 17 points in 2008. we are not seeing any noticeably eager margi
michigan is decisively on the side of obama. if you look at the geographical pattern of the vote. 44% in the detroit metro area, president obama had it in 2008. there is not much going on there for mitt romney. there is a three-point increase on the minority voters, seven-point decline among white, noncollege voters, eligible voters. these are huge changes and they go exactly against what is in the interest of the romney team. the romney team in wisconsin. maybe if they thought they would be...
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governor romney has that i like obama's plan in 2009 better than i like obama's plan from 2012. it is not entirely clear to me that governor romney would reverse those modest cuts or reverse the cuts that obama made last year and then put into his budget plan is presented to congress and the wording in the romney plan is not entirely clear to me. in any event, it adds up to roughly $500 billion over 10 years. that is the difference between the two. in other words, roughly $50 billion per year. that is relative to something near $550 billion. it was significant, but not hugely astronomical. a spectrum of about 10%. romney hasn't been all that specific of what he would do with that amount of money from but apparently he would not make that cut in 100,000 ground forces and he would shift the budget from the current projection of about nine for the u.s. navy after about 13. that is the kind of sensitivity you can hear. i'm going to stop right there. >> okay. first, i would like to offer a little bit of caution. we are making a comparison where we have different degrees of detail. th
governor romney has that i like obama's plan in 2009 better than i like obama's plan from 2012. it is not entirely clear to me that governor romney would reverse those modest cuts or reverse the cuts that obama made last year and then put into his budget plan is presented to congress and the wording in the romney plan is not entirely clear to me. in any event, it adds up to roughly $500 billion over 10 years. that is the difference between the two. in other words, roughly $50 billion per year....
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[applause] is. >> first lady michelle obama campaigns with president obama in gainesville florida. she is speaking to students and supporters at the university of florida. [applause] [cheers and applause. >> wow. [cheers and applause. thank you so much. wow. thank you so much. i am beyond thrilled to be with all of you today and first let me just say go gators! [cheers and applause. that may start because they want i want to give a special shout out to anyone here who might be from the gator marching band. [applause] you all were just incredible. we got to spend some time and you guys performed when you are over in london for the olympics. [applause] thank you so much. i also want to thank alex for sharing his story and for that very kind introduction and for all of his outstanding work. let's give him a round of applause. and a few other bank used. we have a few other special guests here, congresswoman brown is here, the mayor. [applause] and the state party chair, they are all here and i want to thank them for joining us today and also to those celebrating rosh hashanah today. i
[applause] is. >> first lady michelle obama campaigns with president obama in gainesville florida. she is speaking to students and supporters at the university of florida. [applause] [cheers and applause. >> wow. [cheers and applause. thank you so much. wow. thank you so much. i am beyond thrilled to be with all of you today and first let me just say go gators! [cheers and applause. that may start because they want i want to give a special shout out to anyone here who might be from...
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barack obama speaking to the crowds of hundreds of thousands in europe. there was a fervor for his candidacy on the part of the press. to figure out how to win, and i am the person that said we should take a look at sarah palin from alaska. >> you know, that moment freezes and slows down. [laughter] we spent a couple of days of the jersey shore, and i remember every aspect of the moment. i could smell the smell of long beach island. the salt air, the cars in front of the house. i pick up the phone and i called rick davis and i said we should take a look at sarah palin. the vetting the was done i said it's very important. rick was in charge of the vetting process that she would be fully and completely back. they would do it 20 lawyers and a couple of days with three lawyers over a couple of weeks for all the other candidates and there were four parts to that. you can do a documentary on this alone. >> i do want to make that the parts that we are talking about. but i think there is a lot of context on this. the first part was the tax information, the medica
barack obama speaking to the crowds of hundreds of thousands in europe. there was a fervor for his candidacy on the part of the press. to figure out how to win, and i am the person that said we should take a look at sarah palin from alaska. >> you know, that moment freezes and slows down. [laughter] we spent a couple of days of the jersey shore, and i remember every aspect of the moment. i could smell the smell of long beach island. the salt air, the cars in front of the house. i pick up...
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in his past eight years before president obama took office, there is a growing disparity. we must reignite the american dream, build ladders of opportunity to work hard, play by the rules, take responsility, recognize the small business entrepreneurship in a strong middle class. we were to do to achieve that come especially since it is very clear that there are those who would snuff out the american dream. so in this election, our names are on the ballot, marcia fudge's name, john lewis, melvin watt, our names are on the ballot. but whatever is on the ballot is nothing less than our democracy. because our founders -- they sacrifice their life, their liberty and sacred honor for a democracy. the government of the many, not the government of the many. [applause] and these people are more billions of dollars have said there bladen. they say, what difference does it mean if echo $100 billion on the table or 200 or 300 or $400 million into the election? i'm going to save billions of dollars on my estate tax. it's all transactional. my industry is going to a subsidy. it's going
in his past eight years before president obama took office, there is a growing disparity. we must reignite the american dream, build ladders of opportunity to work hard, play by the rules, take responsility, recognize the small business entrepreneurship in a strong middle class. we were to do to achieve that come especially since it is very clear that there are those who would snuff out the american dream. so in this election, our names are on the ballot, marcia fudge's name, john lewis, melvin...
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i'm happy to say that the president obama, secretary clinton a, a very, very appreciated. the u.s. government, by no means , supports anything like this. and it is for that reason that we do not see a reaction in the first week. but there will be forces still uses of attendees to get their own design. again, you need to trust us. in declaring it a holiday we think we were able to manage it better than if it had not been declared a holiday. the children, office would have all been the open. would have had more of the charity to cover gate. the type of security measures that the government was able to take by putting in strong, you know, diplomatic missions, we have been able to protect, and that is our responsibility to do so. so, again, allowing us the privilege of knowing how to deal with the situation as it arises. but what is important is that we don't misinterpret. this is one person. this is against what he did. exactly what he said. the united states government response, very good. the united states government about the president thomas secretary clinton, senator perry, as yo
i'm happy to say that the president obama, secretary clinton a, a very, very appreciated. the u.s. government, by no means , supports anything like this. and it is for that reason that we do not see a reaction in the first week. but there will be forces still uses of attendees to get their own design. again, you need to trust us. in declaring it a holiday we think we were able to manage it better than if it had not been declared a holiday. the children, office would have all been the open....
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obama. we talked to cnbc host maria bartiromo about wall street's view of the economy. this is 50 minutes. >> host: joining us from our new york studio is a familiar face to anyone who is turned on cnbc, maria bartiromo who is the anchor of closing bell on that channel. maria bartiromo i want to start by asking about to headline this morning in "the wall street journal." the side-by-side numbers trouble ahead. this is about the drop in durable goods that was reported yesterday and the headline next to it is, obama trumpets revised job data, saying we are adding jobs. how would you describe our economy today? >> guest: i think right now the economy has worsened. you have got a jobs problem pretty severe and persistent. at 8.1% of the country without a job and of course we know that does not include those who have simply stopped looking so then employment rate is or like 11 or 12% of the country. you mentioned the durable goods numbers yesterday. that indicated things like washing machines and
obama. we talked to cnbc host maria bartiromo about wall street's view of the economy. this is 50 minutes. >> host: joining us from our new york studio is a familiar face to anyone who is turned on cnbc, maria bartiromo who is the anchor of closing bell on that channel. maria bartiromo i want to start by asking about to headline this morning in "the wall street journal." the side-by-side numbers trouble ahead. this is about the drop in durable goods that was reported yesterday...
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it is a tremendous honor to have nominated by president obama to serve as u.s. ambassador to a back pitch i be confirmed he will seek to expand and deepen collaboration with iraq and its people and secure our vital interests. i look forward to collaborating closely with you and your staff and i urge you to visit iraq to see the important work we are doing there. thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i welcome your questions. >> thank you, mr. ambassador. can you share with me the issue i raised about the iranians using iraqi airspace in order to support a sod? what are we doing? what if you do doing if anything to try to limit that use? >> i personally engaged on the highest levels of my colleagues at baghdad have engaged on this and are continuing to engage in every single visitor representing the u.s. government from the senate. recently three visitors to administration officials has raised it with the iraqis and made very clear we find this unacceptable and we find of unhelpful and detrimental to the region into iraq and of course first and foremost
it is a tremendous honor to have nominated by president obama to serve as u.s. ambassador to a back pitch i be confirmed he will seek to expand and deepen collaboration with iraq and its people and secure our vital interests. i look forward to collaborating closely with you and your staff and i urge you to visit iraq to see the important work we are doing there. thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i welcome your questions. >> thank you, mr. ambassador. can you share with me...
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let just say remember yourself in new york city. >> let's say obama is like let's do it. got moon. what is the actual reality of the -- [inaudible] could we do that? >> i think a moon colony is a little bit of ambitious. there's no air on the moon and there's no cattle, you know, there's no grass. so it's a little ambitious, i think. is it crazy? >> no. it's not crazy. it's not more crazy than queen isabel will saying columbus, find the edge of the earth. it's not more crazy than that. >> not having an atmosphere. >> that's sticking point right there. [laughter] but whenever columbus went, he could still breathe. these are challenges and maybe a moon colony won't pan out. there is always science on the moon. and the military views the moon as strategic place. is the new -- [inaudible] entire space between earth and the moon's orbit. there could be military reasons for doing that as well. i don't like war, but i recognize that war is not a new conduct among nations and among people. so and just because people say,let make space, you know, [inaudible] if you're that committed why are
let just say remember yourself in new york city. >> let's say obama is like let's do it. got moon. what is the actual reality of the -- [inaudible] could we do that? >> i think a moon colony is a little bit of ambitious. there's no air on the moon and there's no cattle, you know, there's no grass. so it's a little ambitious, i think. is it crazy? >> no. it's not crazy. it's not more crazy than queen isabel will saying columbus, find the edge of the earth. it's not more crazy...
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the obama administration has filed to believe untreated brief that says maybe. it says that at least when it comes to a suit like this one guy which involves an allegation by foreigners, against a foreign other than a conspiracy allegedly appalling nigerian government that have been entirely overseas, that the statute should not reread to apply. walking back, there are positions sometimes they apply to overseas territorial conduct. so it is not clear what kind of supreme court will draw. they differ a lot to the position in cases like this because they involve the foreign affairs relationship that the united states and certainly will be important. it seems unlikely they will prevail in the supreme court on this allegation, but it is an important controversy that a lot of companies face. not a lot, but a figure amount of companies face human rights lawsuits and this is going to be the supreme court case that decides whether it's going to go forward. the supreme court is going to also take a d. out those of the famous wal-mart versus dukes case. wal-mart was most
the obama administration has filed to believe untreated brief that says maybe. it says that at least when it comes to a suit like this one guy which involves an allegation by foreigners, against a foreign other than a conspiracy allegedly appalling nigerian government that have been entirely overseas, that the statute should not reread to apply. walking back, there are positions sometimes they apply to overseas territorial conduct. so it is not clear what kind of supreme court will draw. they...
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if you ask obama, you know, what do you plan to do for the next 50 years for this country, and i would hardly be a serious question. i mean, no american leader is long-term to think to the end of your term to the next election. so i think he did have a long-term is. at the same time, he was experimental and he didn't have six notion and he used the expression, across the river regrouping for stones. and again, that term is somehow attributed to dan, but he didn't invent the term. he used the terms, he used the ideas and he was a manager who put it all together and provided the direction, the firm hand that made it all happen. >> you also talk about a skilled politician and pushing through the de-collectivization reforms. we have seen just this week with the ouster of one of the leading stars of young leaders in china about personality, politics and factional politics remain very important in china. what enabled him to be so successful at managing and recognizing factional interests and factional differences? >> well, one thing i think he had the authority that came from working closely
if you ask obama, you know, what do you plan to do for the next 50 years for this country, and i would hardly be a serious question. i mean, no american leader is long-term to think to the end of your term to the next election. so i think he did have a long-term is. at the same time, he was experimental and he didn't have six notion and he used the expression, across the river regrouping for stones. and again, that term is somehow attributed to dan, but he didn't invent the term. he used the...
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his number-one goal is to defeat president obama. and that's why we haven't been able to legislate. everything has been stopped. everything. we've been able to push through a few things but not many. as always, i will do everything i can to work with senators to get consent agreements to provide for consideration of this legislation. if we can reach agreement on this, however, i don't have much hope but i guess i'm always hopeful. but in the meantime, i'll do what i need to do to ensure that the senate can vote on this important measure. i'll do what we can to help create jobs for america's veterans. we need to do it for everyone. but can't we just agree on veterans? i know that now we're 30 hours postcloture. we all know the drill. scores and scores of times. the presiding sf is a new member of this senate, relatively new, served here going on two congresses. but he's an expert at watching this. the senator from oregon has watched this and he understands what's going on and it's not very good. so the time will run out on th this, 30 hours from whenever the vote was turned in, but w
his number-one goal is to defeat president obama. and that's why we haven't been able to legislate. everything has been stopped. everything. we've been able to push through a few things but not many. as always, i will do everything i can to work with senators to get consent agreements to provide for consideration of this legislation. if we can reach agreement on this, however, i don't have much hope but i guess i'm always hopeful. but in the meantime, i'll do what i need to do to ensure that...
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the question is also how is obama a truman figure. has he been through enough adversity before an election to pull this off. also, the circumstances with the country are very different here you have a .3 or 8.1 unemployment. you have two or 3% unemployment with truman. you had an problem with inflation that year. you had a nation still at peace here, still trying to figure out everything -- you have massive differences, i think, in the election. dynamics. stay tuned. >> host: paul nor wine tweets in, do you think charlie halleck would've made it better vice president for dewey or eisenhower? was he stabbed in the back by dewey? first of all, who was charlie halleck. >> guest: he was the majority leader of the house of representatives. he was from indiana where he took the seat after the death of his younger brother. that was one of the big humps. one delivered nothing. we are sort of standing come also the weakness of dewey's campaign in the midwest and halleck would've stood out somewhat more. >> host: at last call comes from canaan,
the question is also how is obama a truman figure. has he been through enough adversity before an election to pull this off. also, the circumstances with the country are very different here you have a .3 or 8.1 unemployment. you have two or 3% unemployment with truman. you had an problem with inflation that year. you had a nation still at peace here, still trying to figure out everything -- you have massive differences, i think, in the election. dynamics. stay tuned. >> host: paul nor...